Custody, Access and Wardship

• opinions from mental health professionals
• child legal representation
• sole custody or wardship
• joint custody
• alternate custody arrangements
• mobility
• mental/physical abuse of a party or child
• parenting abilities
• non-removal orders
• withholding, apprehension or abduction of a child
• access and frequency
• request for no access
• parenting dispute 

Child Support

• child support guidelines
• split custody
• shared custody
• entitlement
• over $150,000
• support against spouse who stands in place of parent or impact of second income
• s.7 expenses
• undue hardship
• financial disclosure
• determination of incomes
• imputing of income
• child support provisions in domestic contract including variation and setting
• aside
• definition of parent

Spousal Support

• opinions from experts regarding financial issues
• entitlement
• lump sum awards
• periodic awards including limited and long term awards
• limitation period
• need and ability to pay
• determination of income
• financial disclosure
• imputing of income
• spousal support provisions in domestic contract, including variation and setting
• aside taxation
• statutory support objectives 

Property

• opinions from experts regarding property or other financial issues
• valuation and appraisal of assets, including pensions, businesses, stock options, and real property
• trusts , e.g. resulting trust, constructive trust, unjust enrichment
• limitation period
• preservation of property vesting, receivership
• non-dissipation
• exclusive possession of matrimonial home
• unequal division of property
• property division between common law couples
• excluded property
• determination of ownership and beneficial interest in business and other assets
• determination of liabilities
• certificate of pending litigation
• property provisions in domestic contract including setting aside taxation
• quantification of net family property and equalization payment

Cohabitation, Marriage and Divorce

• jjurisdiction
• grounds for divorce
• severance
• entitlement to marry
• the terms of a cohabitation agreement including drafting a cohabitation agreement
• the terms of a marriage contract including drafting a marriage contract

Child Protection Law

• Defending Child Protection Applications involving the Childrens Aid Society
• Status Reviews
• Temporary Care and Custody (Show Cause) hearings